And the Fact that in Barcelona,Circuit de Catalunya is a Very High Downforce and Aerodynamic Track as well as obviously being a track featured on the Caledar,giving McLaren and Other Teams that capability of developing their cars to suit the track which can be extremely helpful when come to others tracks like Turkey,Singapore,Monaco and Malaysia.Personally,i always thought that Bahrain has been a common issue with McLaren alone!!

The biggest question for me now is (apart from weather Bahrain will really be but in between Abu Dhabi and Brazil), will we actually see that bright new HRT F111, or is it going to be postponed just like the Figherplane of the same designation?

Seeing them show a steering wheel yesterday only brought out memories of USF1 showing their infamous nose cone.

Yep. If they have to test at circuits that are on the calendar, they should be required to run a different configuration of the circuit, so that the data isn’t 100% relevant to their race. Barcelona is gonna be even more of a snore fest than last year. Maybe they’ll open up the entire main straight for DRS this year. That could improve the race. Slightly.

I think the HRT squad could spring a few surprises under the stewardship of Geoff Willis. He has worked with good teams and the last time he was given full creative control over a design he produced the 2004 BAR that Jenson single handedly drove to 2nd in the CWC and 3rd in the DWC winning the unofficial non-Ferrari championship.

He’s probably been pawing over the design of the new car since the moment he clapped eyes on the Dallara effort early last year so he may have just come up with a little cracker that can punch above its weight. It wouldn’t surprise me at all but they’ll have to make hey early in the season because they’ll probably struggle to spend money on development and could soon get left behind.

I really wish them every success and I can’t wait to see what they can do. I expect them to match Lotus and be quicker than Virgin, initially at least.